KABUL (PAN): The United States, not interested in having permanent military bases in Afghanistan, wants to stabilise the country, the incoming American ambassador said on Monday.
KABUL(PAN): Italy will provide a grant of €14 million to the Afghan Government's National Rural Access Programme for the construction of roads in the countryside.
KABUL(PAN): The Ministry of Finance signed on Sunday an agreement with the World Bank (WB) for a $50 million grant from the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF).
KABUL (PAN): Pump station and oil depot owners in Kabul are charging above the government-fixed fuel rates, forcing the authorities to appoint price controllers, officials said.
KABUL(PAN): The Afghanistan Chambers of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Wednesday warned of protests if it was not involved in the Hajj flight operation.
KABUL(PAN): The Afghanistan Chambers of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) will hold elections for provincial chapters' heads next month under the supervision of the Independent Election Commission
KABUL(PAN): The government announced on Monday new petrol and diesel prices, saying a litre would cost 57 afghanis at all fuel stations and depots in Kabul.
KABUL(PAN): President Hamid Karzai's close aide Jan Mohammad Khan and parliamentarian Mohammad Hashim Watanwal were laid to rest on Monday afternoon in Uruzgan and Kabul respectively.
KABUL (PAN): National Directorate of Security (NDS) officials have arrested Shir Khan Farnod and Khaliullah Ferozi, key Kabul Bank shareholders and former top executives at the bank, Attorney Gener